Page No.53-62
Dhvani Patel & Urmi Nanda Biswas
Vadodara, India
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The present study is an attempt to explore the prevailing gender stereotypes of effective
leaders, held by male and female employees across varied organizational sectors.
Five employees reporting to one single leader, served as respondents from each
organization, making a total of 400 employee respondents. Modifications were made
in the original Bem’s Sex-Role Inventory of 60 attributes and a reduced version of 30
attributes was used as a tool to study the perception of gender stereotypes. Multiple
response analysis was carried out to generate the frequency and percentage of times
each of the 30 attributes was chosen by the employee respondents, from the attribute
checklist to describe an effective male and female leader. Findings reveal a difference
in the stereotypical attributions of effective male and female leaders. Differences have
also been noted in the stereotypes held for effective male and female leaders, across
the varied gendered contexts.
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